Student uses travel grant funded by an IC parent to study a nearly extinct culture.   by Greg Ryan ’08

The Greek islands of Rhodes and Crete once featured a flourishing Jewish culture. Today that culture is almost extinguished, as nearly the entire Jewish population of the islands perished or was dislocated...

A young alumnus starts a scholarship in gratitude to an administrator who cared.    by Greg Ryan ’08

Tas Hasan ’01 almost didn’t make it to graduation, let alone Wall Street. The Bangladeshi student was out with friends in downtown Ithaca one night when someone accidentally smashed a beer bottle...

PT pair Michael Theeman ’02, M.S. ’03, and Elizabeth Jackstadt Theeman ’02, M.S. ’03, help the annual fund meet its goal.    by George Sapio

Sometimes a little procrastination can bring an unexpected bonus. Michael Theeman ’02, M.S. ’03, and Elizabeth Jackstadt Theeman ’02, M.S....

A $2 million gift from a sociology grad helps the A&E center campaign and overall campaign meet their goal. by Alex Meril ’07

“From when I was a transfer student to today, Ithaca College has always treated me great,” says Edward Glazer ’92. “For that I remain enthusiastically involved.” ...

Donald Bertolini ’71 hopes his contribution will give more students a chance to learn the ropes of scientific research.  by Khrista Trerotola ’07

Failure. Donald Bertolini ’71 believes in it. As the director of global clinical research on treatment for morbidly obese people at Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals...

Stephanie Elowson ’08 received help from the class of 2006, and now helps inspire her own class to continue the tradition.

Stephanie Elowson ’08 told a recent Faculty/Staff Campaign rally that the generosity of a scholarship she received had made a world of...

The chair of the Campaign for Ithaca College gives his all — and then some.    by Kate Larrabee

“My wife sometimes wonders who I actually work for,” says Larry Alleva — and he’s only half joking. Alleva has spent 19 years, in total, on the Ithaca College Board of Trustees. Before...

Tuti Scott ’84 leads with a winning combination of broad outlook and team spirit.   by Kate Larrabee

I built my own curriculum,” says Tuti Scott. That is something many Ithaca College students have done: designed their own degrees as planned studies majors. Often, like Scott, they find a new passion once...

Sally Jane Ketcham Tanzer ’70  honors the teachers of whom she thought the world. by Kate Larrabee

Sally Jane Ketcham Tanzer says the strong reputation of Ithaca’s music education program preceded her when it came time to interview for teaching positions. “Ithaca really prepared me to walk into an...

Executive and former scholar-athlete Kurt Wolfgruber ’72 sees the center as a campus centerpiece — and competitive signature.   by Kate Larrabee

The child of a physician and a nurse, Kurt Wolfgruber entered Ithaca College to study chemistry; it seemed natural. But he did keep his options open as he experimented...

Jay Linden ’72 and Judith Samilow Linden ’73 establish a center devoted to the relationship between creativity and aging.

Martha Graham danced until she was 75. Picasso painted into his 80s. Antonio Stradivari was making his world-famous violins at 92.

Creativity certainly doesn’t stop with...

Supporting the next generation of health care leaders. by Kate Larrabee

Some people change careers often, and some know early on the direction they want their career to take. Jack Dembow is among the latter group. Following his graduation from Ithaca College with a degree in health services administration, Dembow was hired as an...

U.S. international trade court judge Eaton and his wife, a museum director, invest in the future of business.  by Kate Larrabee

It wasn’t hard to like attending Ithaca College in the late 1960s,” says Richard Eaton ’70, a judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade. “The campus was new, and the ...

Taking stock as the ambitious campaign nears completion.

It has been a busy year for the staff and volunteers who are working on the Campaign for Ithaca College: Making a World of Difference. Dozens of events around the country have brought people together to learn about the campaign priorities — scholarships, academic...

Friends honor the memory of John Sweeney ’87 via a scholarship. by Terry Sweeney, John's sister

On his graduation day, John Sweeney ’87 sported red Bermuda shorts under his gown and playfully emblazoned “Florida or Bust,” atop his mortarboard. With his B.S. in business management, John was intent to start...

Ithaca College’s largest-ever fund-raising campaign, with its $115 million goal, reached a major milestone in March when gift totals surpassed $100 million.

In announcing this news, vice president for institutional advancement Shelley Semmler added, “The entire Ithaca community has been engaged in this monumental initiative.”...

Students pitch business ideas to Disney CEO and honorary campaign chair Bob Iger '73.

Imagine this: You are an ordinary college student alone in an elevator with the CEO of one of Ameria’s largest corporations. You have 30 seconds to wow him with an original idea. If he likes the pitch he may decide to fund your project. But you...

“I attended Ithaca College in the summer program for my graduate degree in music education, so I never experienced ‘real’ IC life during the school year,” says Kevin Giroux.

Despite not having lived the “real” undergraduate school life, Kevin has loyalty to and pride in Ithaca College as real as any student...

Adding to Family Legacy

Over the years, the gifts Elliot Mayrock ’73 has made to the College have supported a variety of student opportunities while establishing a substantial philanthropic legacy for the Mayrock family. Most recently, among other campaign contributions, he made a significant gift to the new School of ...

Improving the Future

When John McClung and his wife, Paula, first visited Ithaca College with their daughter, Alison, they thought it would be a fine place for her. “We came away feeling very good about the school,” John said, “but we never told Alison that.” Instead, they let her decide. Ithaca became Alison’s No. 1...

When Leah Golberstein’s son, Rafi (short for Raphael), was a student at Ithaca College, her visits to campus always seemed to include spending time with his professors. As Leah, a former faculty member at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, soon discovered, when Rafi’s teachers learned that one of his parents would be on campus, they made...

"We want to do more."

It was an inauspicious first date on the day of David Lebow’s graduation from Ithaca College. Betsey Ladd, a casual friend, agreed to meet him downtown after Commencement. Expectations weren’t high: David’s 16-year-old cousin tagged along.

“I thought it was going to...

Passing the Baton

Craig Evans ’84 is the associate vice president for institutional advancement at IC. Those who work with him know how dedicated he is to the College, but even so his colleagues were surprised when he donated $10,000 of his own money to the Faculty/Staff Endowed Scholarship.

When asked...

Speech Comms Class Project Raises Funds

Some students complete assignments, and some students knock them out of the park. For the team that planned an event that raised $800 for the campaign through a class project, it’s easy to see which category fits.

In her small group communication class, speech communication professor...

Here's a sampling of scholarships that honor some of IC's finest, then and now.

There are a number of endowed scholarships in honor of IC’s outstanding alumni, faculty, administrators, and friends. Students receiving these scholarships have a very personal tie to the institution and the person in whose name the scholarships are given....